The Incredible Genie

Simon is a brainy but bashful 13-year-old who could use a best friend. But when he finally finds one, it turns out to be a 4000-year-old genie whose wish-granting skills need a serious tune-up! Before you can say "Hocus pocus", Simon and his magic-challenged buddy unleash an outrageous onslaught of wildly off-target wishes - attracting the attentions of a government scientist with an evil plan. Now Simon is about to learn that when the chips are down, friendship is the most powerful magic of all!

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Mark S (es) wrote: This starts off quite promisingly but peters out a little towards the end, its conclusion being far too overwrought even by Joan Crawford's standards. It's a shame because before that she gives one of her best performances, looking ever the iconic star but displaying a believable vulnerability. The biggest achievement of the film is probably just how convincingly it displayed John Garfield as a virtuoso violinist. It's no wonder Garfield is sometimes referred to as having been a method actor before such a thing existed, because he must have learned how to play to at least an adequate degree, his face and hands being in shot simultaneously during numerous performances. If he couldn't play a single note then the acting and direction was all the better.